supertanker

n. a hotel with a very large guest capacity. Subjects: English, Business, Slang

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Citations: 1993 Cheryl Rosen Business Travel News (A1) (Nov. 8) “Big Plans For Small Meetings”: Programs offer meeting planners a standard contract, a single point of contact, an identifiable set of standards at every participating location, and an electronic link that allows the hotel to confirm availability in seconds. “The Convention Connection program was all about size-you had to be a great big supertanker to participate.” 2001 Carlo Wolff Lodging Hospitality (Jan. 1) “The hotel that labor built” vol. 58, no. 1, p. 24: Starwood, which prides itself on expertise in the “supertanker market,” is marketing the Diplomat heavily to convention and meeting planners, state and national associations, major corporate incentives. “This hotel has enough meeting capacity to do virtually nothing but meetings.” 2007 New York University School of Continuing and Professional Studies 29 Annual International Hospitality Industry Investment Conference (Feb. 22): Secondary and tertiary cities across the U.S. are using “supertanker” hotels to anchor revitalization. 2007 Jeff Higley Hotel & Motel Management (May 7) “Sooner or later…I guess now is later”: With supply growth held in check during the last few years, the lodging industry has been able to aggressively drive its rate. We already know there are a lot of rooms in the pipeline—more than half a million, according to experts at Smith Travel Research and Lodging Econometrics. What I didn’t realize until the soft-spoken Sorenson said it was that there are large hotels—affectionately known as supertankers to some industry veterans—in the pipeline.

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